Neobidessodes grossus is a carnivorous subterranean water beetle, in the Bidessini tribe of the Dytiscidae family.[1] It was first described in 1922 by Albrecht Zimmermann as Bidessus grossus.[1][2] It was assigned to the genus Bidessodes by Watts in 1978,[1][3] and to the new genus of Neobidessodes in 2009 by Hendrich and others.[1][4]

Neobidessodes grossus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Dytiscidae
Genus: Neobidessodes
Species:
N. grossus
Binomial name
Neobidessodes grossus
(Zimmermann, 1922)
Synonyms[1]

Bidessus grossus Zimmermann, 1922
Bidessodes grossus (Zimmermann, 1922)

It is found in Queensland.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Australian Faunal Directory: Neobidessodes grossus". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  2. ^ A. Zimmermann (1922). "Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientiflc Expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. 28. Dytiscidae". Arkiv för Zoologi (in Swedish). 14 (16): 2–5. ISSN 0004-2110. Wikidata Q111535192.
  3. ^ CHS Watts (1978). "A revision of the Australian Dytiscidae (Coleoptera)". Australian Journal of Zoology. Supplementary Series. 26 (57): 1-166 [33]. doi:10.1071/AJZS057. ISSN 0310-9089. Wikidata Q54576498.
  4. ^ Lars Hendrich; Oliver Hawlitschek; Michael Balke (12 November 2009). "The epigean Australasian species of Neobidessodes gen.n. diving beetles - a revision integrating morphology, cybertaxonomy, DNA taxonomy and phylogeny (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Bidessini)". Zootaxa. 2288 (1): 1–41. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.2288.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. Wikidata Q97499531.